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Arras

A characterful Flemish Town

The two focal points of Arras, 63 miles from Calais, are its two great squares: the Grand'Place and the Place des Héros. Both are framed by splendid 17th-century Flemish-style buildings. For a good introduction to - and a superb overview of - the city, you can ascend the Flemish belfry of the striking Gothic Hôtel de Ville in the Place des Héros, while a tour of the underground tunnels (les boves), which were created from the 10th century onwards by the quarrying of limestone underneath the city, offers another, very different, perspective of the town. It was in this labyrinth that the Arrageois sheltered during sieges, and in World War I the British army launched an attack on the Germans from the tunnels. Also worth a visit is the neo-classical cathedral and the Musée des Beaux Arts, which boasts a collection of medieval sculptures and also of arras, locally-made tapestries woven from fine wool, silk and gold thread.

Ostel les Trois Luppars

Located in a 15th-century Gothic building, the oldest on the Grand'Place, the 2-star Trois Luppars offers 42 simple but comfortable bedrooms which were completely refurbished in autumn 2003. All bedrooms are equipped with telephone, TV, safe and hairdryer. There is car parking in the municipal car park opposite the hotel; pay locally. We include 2 night's bed and breakfast with dinner on one night at the town's most acclaimed restaurant, La Faisanderie.

Restaurant La Faisanderie

The location of this restaurant, where we include one dinner, is superb, in the atmospheric, vaulted cellars of a 17th-century house right on the Grand'Place, but La Faisanderie's real appeal is the Michelin-starred cuisine, quite simply the best you'll find in Arras. Chef Jean-Pierre Dargent's inventive dishes include delights such as salade de queues d'écrevisses au basilic sur un gaspacho de tomates et de concombres and aile et cuisse de pigeon rôties en croûte de macarons d'Amiens, tranche de foie gras grillé, réduction de banyuls.

Prices 2008

Prices are in £ per person based on a minimum of 2 adults travelling together and sharing a double or twin room, and vary according to the number of people in the party. They include 2 nights' bed and breakfast and dinner on one night at La Faisanderie, and a self-drive return crossing with P&O Ferries Dover-Calais for your party travelling in one car, or by rail return travel by Eurostar from London St Pancras to Lille in standard class. (Please note that in the case of breaks by rail, a supplement may be payable depending on availability of seats for your chosen dates of travel and how far in advance of your departure date your holiday booking is made.)

# Extra nights are on B&B basis.
*By rail involves change of train and a 15-minute shuttle bus transfer between stations in Lille

INNTRAVEL OFFER: stay 3rd night with FREE accommodation (pay locally for breakfast & dinner). Other extra nights as priced.

Restaurant La Faisanderie closed Sundays & Mondays.

Room upgrade per person per night: room with bath £3

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